Observations, articles, opinions etc. in Dutch and English. The author, Bert de Bruin (Yonathan Dror Bar-On), is a Dutch-Jewish historian, who has specialized in modern Jewish history and in the history of the Middle East, and who in 1995 emigrated from the Netherlands to Israel. He wrote one book (2008), and edited another (2011), both in Dutch. For feedback please post a comment, or send this blog's author an email: (hisdutchname)atyahoodotcom

Tuesday, June 28, 2005

This is good news: Idan Raichel has been invited to take part in the WOMAD festival in Britain this summer. WOMAD ( World of Music, Arts, and Dance ) is an organization, founded in the 1980s and inspired by the work of Peter Gabriel, which has as its aim to " bring together and to celebrate many forms of music, arts and dance drawn from countries and cultures all over the world". The festival in Rivermead ( UK ) is one of the events organized by this organization. Idan Raichel is a talented and popular artist, whose work is both very Israeli and very cosmopolitan. He brought together a group of young singers and musicians under the name The Idan Rachel Project. Two albums have come out already, and I really like many of their songs. On his/their website, go to video and listen to/watch the songs/clips "Milim Yafot Me'ele" ( Words more beautiful than these ) and "Im Telekh" ( If you go ) to get an impression. Highly recommended!